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かれ
たす
なかったら
わたし
しっぱい
失敗
したろ

Had it not been for his help, I should have failed.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
noun
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
failure; mistake; blunder
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シツ   うしな to lose   
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シ   や arrow   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ハイ   defeated   やぶれる to be defeated, frustrated   
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ぼく strike   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
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